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Description:Chapters: 208 Bc Births, 208 Bc Deaths, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Li Si, Battle of Baecula, Xiang Liang, Liu Ruyi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Marcus Claudius Marcellus (ca. 268208 BC), five times elected as consul of the Roman Republic, was an important Roman military leader during the Gallic War of 225 BC and the Second Punic War. Marcellus gained the most prestigious award a Roman general could earn, the spolia opima, for killing the Gallic military leader and king, Viridomarus, in hand-to-hand combat in 222 BC at the battle of Clastidium. Furthermore, he is noted for having conquered the fortified city of Syracuse in a protracted siege during which Archimedes, the famous inventor, was killed. Marcus Claudius Marcellus died in battle in 208 BC, leaving behind a legacy of military conquests and a reinvigorated Roman legend of the spolia opima. Little is known of Marcus Claudius Marcellus early years since the majority of biographical information pertains to his military expeditions. The fullest account of Marcellus life was written by Plutarch, a Roman historian. Plutarchs collection, titled "Life of Marcellus," focuses on Marcellus military campaigns and political life, rather than being a full-life biography, as one might surmise from the title. Plutarch supplies some general information about Marcellus youth. Marcellus exact birth date is unknown, yet scholars are certain he was born prior to 268 BC because he earned his fifth and final Roman consulship in 208 BC, after he was 60. Marcellus was the first in his family to take on the cognomen of Marcellus, yet there are genealogical records of his family line tracing the cognomen all the way back to 331 BC. According to Plutarch, Marcellus was a skilled fighter in his youth and was rai...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=10067We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 208 BC: 208 BC Births, 208 BC Deaths, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Li Si, Battle of Baecula, Xiang Liang, Liu Ruyi. To get started finding 208 BC: 208 BC Births, 208 BC Deaths, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Li Si, Battle of Baecula, Xiang Liang, Liu Ruyi, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Chapters: 208 Bc Births, 208 Bc Deaths, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Li Si, Battle of Baecula, Xiang Liang, Liu Ruyi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Marcus Claudius Marcellus (ca. 268208 BC), five times elected as consul of the Roman Republic, was an important Roman military leader during the Gallic War of 225 BC and the Second Punic War. Marcellus gained the most prestigious award a Roman general could earn, the spolia opima, for killing the Gallic military leader and king, Viridomarus, in hand-to-hand combat in 222 BC at the battle of Clastidium. Furthermore, he is noted for having conquered the fortified city of Syracuse in a protracted siege during which Archimedes, the famous inventor, was killed. Marcus Claudius Marcellus died in battle in 208 BC, leaving behind a legacy of military conquests and a reinvigorated Roman legend of the spolia opima. Little is known of Marcus Claudius Marcellus early years since the majority of biographical information pertains to his military expeditions. The fullest account of Marcellus life was written by Plutarch, a Roman historian. Plutarchs collection, titled "Life of Marcellus," focuses on Marcellus military campaigns and political life, rather than being a full-life biography, as one might surmise from the title. Plutarch supplies some general information about Marcellus youth. Marcellus exact birth date is unknown, yet scholars are certain he was born prior to 268 BC because he earned his fifth and final Roman consulship in 208 BC, after he was 60. Marcellus was the first in his family to take on the cognomen of Marcellus, yet there are genealogical records of his family line tracing the cognomen all the way back to 331 BC. According to Plutarch, Marcellus was a skilled fighter in his youth and was rai...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=10067We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 208 BC: 208 BC Births, 208 BC Deaths, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Li Si, Battle of Baecula, Xiang Liang, Liu Ruyi. To get started finding 208 BC: 208 BC Births, 208 BC Deaths, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Li Si, Battle of Baecula, Xiang Liang, Liu Ruyi, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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208 BC: 208 BC Births, 208 BC Deaths, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Li Si, Battle of Baecula, Xiang Liang, Liu Ruyi

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